Benny The Butcher has defended the violent and drug-riddled rap music consumed by the masses, claiming “positive” messages turn listeners off.
In a P.S.A. posted on his Instagram Stories on Thursday (December 22), the Buffalo, New York native addressed the continued criticism that Hip Hop’s street-oriented practitioners face, not-so-politely telling critics to “shut the fuck up” and let people enjoy the music — because it’s clearly what they like.
“Most people who say rap is violent or don’t like rappers talking about drugs WILL NOT listen to [that] same rapper if he/she makes what they deem to be positive music,” he wrote. “so shut the fuck up and leave it to the people who like it.”
Benny The Butcher isn’t the only rapper with an opinion on the topic. Last month, 50 Cent shared his thoughts on whether Hip Hop has become more violent in recent years.
“I think it’s the same energy but we’re in a different period so it looks different,” he said on his Hip Hop Homicides show. “It’s gonna happen where everyone can take a look on camera. When Nipsey gets killed, for the first time they saw him get killed.
“Because of social media, everyone’s involved now. Because those kids in middle America are clicking the fucking button to look and are fascinated with the killings because they’re living on a side so wild compared to the conservative lifestyle they’re having.”
21 Savage also weighed in on the debate this past summer, and defended his violent lyrics by urging fans not to categorize him as one-dimensional artist. His comments came after fans called out his violent bars following his plea to Atlanta to “put the guns down.”
“A Song Is For Entertainment It’s Not An Instruction Manual On How To Live Life In Real Life I Give Away A Lot Of Money And Spread Financial Literacy To My Community Stop Trying To Make Me 1-Dimensional,” he wrote on Twitter.
As for Benny The Butcher, he has been publicly combatting narratives surrounding his music for some time. While a majority of his catalog appeals to fans of grimy street rap, the Griselda MC feels some of his catalog still caters to the ladies.
“So u tryna tell me Crowns For Kings don’t get the ladies in the mood,” he tweeted while clapping back at a fan last month, referencing his bars-heavy collaboration with Black Thought from 2019’s The Plugs I Met.
Benny and his Black Soprano Family collective dropped off an early Christmas gift for fans with the delivery of the “SAINT MAURICE” video on Friday (December 23). Watch it below:
These niggas got issues bro. Like serious PTSD.
How are you forcing death and destruction on your own people Benny?
Benny at the very least be doing things for his people that he grew up with an putting them on, you can’t say that about many other dudes that do the same type of music. Dude is far from a one-dimensional coke and gun bar mc, just peep “new streets” and the intro to TT3.
I like Evidence and I like Benny.
I 100% agree with Benny. Its not a guns and music issue, its a mental health issue. Fuck the woke, let people enjoy the music like during the NWA era. Stop the stupid pills from getting into our country from China and Mexico. And if you wanna “cancel” something, how about we cancel oversensitivity ?
You can’t say “cancel sensitivity” then talk about being about fixing mental health, as that actually requires empathy and sensitivity. Its way more than just mental health, its also circumstance. Ain’t nothing woke about assigning blame to anything but a root cause.
Cancel ignorance and non-nuanced thinking. Oh an grifting politicians that spread misinformation to their brainwashed followers.
100% correct Benny. I keep telling these people most rappers, really only make negative hip Hop because it sells. If positive rap sold and was interesting to most black people they would buy it. However we just keep blaming the black artist instead of the black fan. As a rapper and songwriter myself from Memphis Tennessee,I make negative rap too but I make way more positive rap than anything. Especially songs about accountability and black on black problems, instead of a million songs about white supremacy. Guess what, it doesn’t sell,it doesn’t stream well! You can’t name three positive black artists in the hip hop field that are doing extremely well in mainstream music. For music and content follow me. IG:JQueen_DaGoddess FB:GodOfRapKR YouTube:darealkingrichard
Kendrick, J Cole, Drake
All cap! Drake isn’t a positive rapper & they all got their fanbases over a decade ago before the oversaturation of negative rap. Try again,we see the landscape & most black artists have to be negative to be successful.
I am a Benny fan but can’t agree with this. “Most people who say rap is violent or don’t like rappers talking about drugs WILL NOT listen to [that] same rapper if he/she makes what they deem to be positive music,”
He is correct there is a large amount of people who prolly won’t listen to his music and his $ might drop off but those aren’t the ones saying “rap is violent or don’t like rappers talking about drugs” – it’s 2 different camps.
If you are really dope and creative you can have many topics to discuss and still move units.
I’ve said before, Benny The Butcher is a LOSER. He’s stuck in the 90’s and wants to be this “real nigga” so bad. Super sensitive ass Thug but wants to be arrogant at the same time.
make coc nation eat a bullet
Sorry but I cant agree, this world needs more positive/creative rap for the next generation
Sorry but I cant agree, this world needs more positive/creative rap for the next generation